Redknapp led Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League last season but missed out on a place in the Champions League after Chelsea pulled off a shock triumph in this year's competition.

That has cost him his job, with the club’s chairman Daniel Levy angered by the slump in form which saw north London rivals Arsenal claw back a ten point gap to take third spot.

But Seaman believes the 65-year-old can count himself hugely unlucky to be out of a job, having taken the club from the bottom of the table to Champions League challengers in his three-and-a-half year tenure.